84085701
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Description:
Note: A special payment condition applies to this award.
This agreement provides funding under the Inflation Reduction Act.
The recipient will provide financial and technical assistance to low-income and disadvantaged communities to deploy and benefit from residential-serving distributed solar energy and storage projects.
These programs will ensure low-income households receive residential distributed solar by providing program beneficiaries household savings, community ownership, energy resilience, and other meaningful benefits.
Activities:
Solar projects receiving financial assistance from the recipient may receive assistance for associated energy storage and upgrades that either enable project deployment or maximize the benefits of the project for low-income and disadvantaged communities.
The recipient will also provide project-deployment services to enable low-income and disadvantaged communities to deploy and benefit from residential solar.
Subrecipient:
No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.
Outcomes:
The anticipated deliverables will include steps and milestones to implement the strategies and plans for the Solar for All program, a distributed solar market strategy, the financial assistance strategy, the project-deployment technical assistance strategy, and an equitable access and meaningful involvement plan.
The expected outcomes include climate and air pollution benefits, equity and community benefits, and market transformation benefits.
The intended beneficiaries include households in low-income and disadvantaged communities.
Note: A special payment condition applies to this award.
This agreement provides funding under the Inflation Reduction Act.
The recipient will provide financial and technical assistance to low-income and disadvantaged communities to deploy and benefit from residential-serving distributed solar energy and storage projects.
These programs will ensure low-income households receive residential distributed solar by providing program beneficiaries household savings, community ownership, energy resilience, and other meaningful benefits.
Activities:
Solar projects receiving financial assistance from the recipient may receive assistance for associated energy storage and upgrades that either enable project deployment or maximize the benefits of the project for low-income and disadvantaged communities.
The recipient will also provide project-deployment services to enable low-income and disadvantaged communities to deploy and benefit from residential solar.
Subrecipient:
No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.
Outcomes:
The anticipated deliverables will include steps and milestones to implement the strategies and plans for the Solar for All program, a distributed solar market strategy, the financial assistance strategy, the project-deployment technical assistance strategy, and an equitable access and meaningful involvement plan.
The expected outcomes include climate and air pollution benefits, equity and community benefits, and market transformation benefits.
The intended beneficiaries include households in low-income and disadvantaged communities.
Awardee
Funding Goals
1 - TACKLE THE CLIMATE CRISIS 1.1 - REDUCE EMISSIONS THAT CAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.1 - ENSURE SAFE DRINKING WATER AND RELIABLE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE 5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.1 - ENSURE SAFE DRINKING WATER AND RELIABLE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE 6 - SAFEGUARD AND REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES 6.1 - CLEAN UP AND RESTORE LAND FOR PRODUCTIVE USES AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES 1 - TACKLE THE CLIMATE CRISIS 1.1 - REDUCE EMISSIONS THAT CAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding Agency
Place of Performance
Emeryville,
California
94608-1147
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Related Opportunity
Analysis Notes
Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been shortened from 04/30/29 to 08/08/25.
Grid Alternatives was awarded
Equitable Solar Energy Deployment for Low-Income Communities
Project Grant 84085701
worth $62,450,000
from the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention in May 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Emeryville California United States.
The grant
has a duration of 1 year 3 months and
was awarded through assistance program 66.959 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Section 134(a)(1) - Zero Emission Technologies Grant Program.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity SOLAR FOR ALL.
Status
(Complete)
Last Modified 9/8/25
Period of Performance
5/1/24
Start Date
8/8/25
End Date
Funding Split
$62.5M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$62.5M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to 84085701
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
84085701
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
SAI EXEMPT
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit With 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
68HF00 OFC GRANTS & DEBARMENT(OGD) (GRANT)
Funding Office
68A000 OFC OF ADMINISTRATOR (OA) (FUNDING)
Awardee UEI
GXQ3HX2VLLP3
Awardee CAGE
6EYA0
Performance District
CA-12
Senators
Dianne Feinstein
Alejandro Padilla
Alejandro Padilla
Modified: 9/8/25